Champ-de-Mars (Montreal Metro)

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Champ-de-Mars

Inaugurated	14 October 1966
Line	Orange Line
Architect	Adalbert Niklewicz
Platform Depth	6.1 metres
Rank	59th deepest
Traffic	1,914,599 entrances in 2002
Rank	45th busiest
Interstation Distance	370.60 metres to Place-d'Armes 720.50 metres to Berri-UQAM

Champ-de-Mars is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in Old Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie. It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

The metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal side-platform station, built in open cut due to the presence of weak Utica shale in the surrounding rock. Its entrance is located near a series of tunnels that cross the Autoroute Ville-Marie, giving access to Old Montreal.

One of the most important artworks in the metro, a set of stained glass windows by noted Quebec artist Marcelle Ferron, illuminates the mezzanine of this station. These windows, one of the artist's masterpieces and her most famous work, were given by the Government of Quebec in 1968. They were the first work of non-figurative art to be commissioned for the metro, representing the first official entrance of Automatist art in the system.

1 Origin of the name
2 Connecting bus routes
- 2.1 Regular routes
- 2.2 Night routes
3 Address of entrances
4 Nearby points of interest
5 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for the Champ-de-Mars, a public park facing Montreal City Hall. The name is the French term for a military parade ground. It was formerly crossed by the city's fortifications, demolished in the 19th century, the foundations of which can still be seen. It was later turned into a parking lot, which was replaced by a park in 1980s.